HCMT 2063 AJCC Staging questions and answers graded A+

HCMT 2063 AJCC Staging questions
and answers graded A+

The TNM records the 3 significant events in the life history of a cancer:

A- T (Local Tumor Growth)

B- N (Spread to Regional Lymph Nodes)

C- M (Distant Metastasis)

D- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔D- all of the above



Stage grouping in AJCC is based on the T, N, M values.

A- true

B- false - correct answer ✔✔A- true



What are some additional values that may be used to calculate stage for the Prostate?

A- PSA

B- Grade Group

C- Gleason score

D- both A and B

E- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔D- both A and B



What are some additional values that may be used to calculate stage for the Breast?

A- Grade

B- HER 2

C- ER and PR status

D- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔D- all of the above

, What are some additional values that may be used to calculate stage for the Esophagus-
Squamous Cell?

A- Grade

B- Location

C- PSA

D- both A and B

E- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔D- both A and B



TNM Staging was not intended to be assigned by a physician in a clinical setting.

A- true

B- false - correct answer ✔✔B- false



Whenever possible, the physician stage should be used to assign:

A- clinical stage data items

B- pathological stage date items

C- both A and B - correct answer ✔✔C- both A and B



Ultimately, whose job is it to enter the correct codes into the stage data item fields?

A- managing physician

B- cancer registrar

C- pathologist

D- all of the above - correct answer ✔✔B- cancer registrar



TNM Clinical and Pathological stage reflect the stage at _____.

A- initial diagnosis